Cash-register.



W. M. MUCARTHY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED ooT. 27, mos. nnnnwnn rma. 1s, 1910.

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W. M. MGCARTHY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 2 7, 1906. BENBWED P21116, 1910.

Patented Oct. 1'?, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. McGARTI-IY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE NATIONAL CASHREG- ISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO,(INCORPORATED IN CASH-REGISTER.

Application led October 27, 1906, Serial No. 340,906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM M. MCCAR- 'r1-1x, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCash-Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registers and moreparticularly to that class of machines provided with a plurality of cashreceptacles.

The principal objectof this invention is to employ7 a series of settingelements for controlling the opening of any desired receptacle upon theoperation of the machine.

lith this and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter speciiicallvdescribed with reference to the drawings which accompany and form partof this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section ofthe machine with the indicators and a part of the cash receptaclesomitted. Fig. 2 is a similar section .looking in the opposite directionwith all of the cash receptacles omitted. Fig. 3 represent-s an endelevation of the machine showing the printing mechanism. Fig. 4represents a detail side view of the gearing for operating the printingplaten. Fig. 5

represents a detail top plan view of the setting and operatingmechanisms for the drawer release plungers.

Thile the improvements have been shown as applied to a type 0f machineas shown and described in British Let-ters Patent No.

l4543 of 1903 granted to H. S. Hallwood,

Specification of Letters Patent.

l29 which acts as a fulcrum for said pawl.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

Renewed February 16, 1910. Serial No. 544,325.

2 and 8, the latter being mounted in the same plane as the former, restupon the arm 5. A spring 9 is interposed between an ear 10 projectingfrom said arm and a stud 11 mounted upon the rearwardly extendingportion 6 of the operating handle 1 so as to absorb any shock given tothe yokes 7 by a violent operation of the handle. One end of each of theyokes is attached to a step frame 12 which is controlled by itsrespective series of keys, while the other ends of said yokes extendthrough the right hand side frame of the machine and have pinned to themtype carriers 13 which are loosely mounted upon a continuation of theshaft 2.

The rearwardly extending arm of each step frame Fig. 2) to which isattached its respective yoke, is provided with a pin 14 which plays inan elongated slot 15 of a link 16. The upper end of each link is pinnedto one end of an arm 17, the other end of said arm being provided with asegmental rack 1S which meshes with a pinion 19 fast to an indicator 2Omounted upon a shaft 21. The arm 17 is loosely mounted upon a shaft 22around which is coiled a spring 23, one end of which bears upon the arm17 and the other end is secured to the shaft thereby tending to hold theindicator in t-he position shown. Attached to each pinion 19 is a starwheel 24 which is engaged by an alining pawl 25. These alining pawls,

`of which there is one for each star wheel,

are rocked into and out of engagement with said star wheels by means notshown here but which are fully shown and described in the aforementionedpatent.

The operating handle is latched in the position shown in Fig. 1 by apawl 26 which engages a pin 27 mounted upon the handle 1, the pawl beingheld in such engagement by a light spring 28 coiled about a stub shaft Alaterally projecting pin 30 extends from said pawl and is arranged to beengaged by `the upper end of a pivoted arm 31, the lower end of said armbeing provided with an antifriction roller 32 which extends into thepath of a depending arm 33 of a detent plate 34 which is loosely mountedupon the shaft 8. y

The detent plate 34 at its forward edge is provided with two series ofhook fingers 35 and 36, the former for latching the keys in a partiallydepressed position and the latter when they are fully depressed. In theformer position a key that has been wrongly depressed may be released bydepressing any other key of the series, but when a key is fullydepressed the blunt ends 37 of the detent plate pass under the laterallyprojecting pins 38 of the unoperated keys, because t-he slots formed bythe fingers 36 are of a greater depth than those formed by the fingers35, thereby locking said keys from operation.

rEhe detent plate 34 is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 1 bya laterally extending pin 39 projecting from the said plate 34, whichengages with a shoulder 40 formed on a plate 41 pivoted on a transverseshaft 42. The plate 41 is arranged to be engaged by the laterallyextending pins 38 of the clerks keys 43, so that when any one of saidkeys is fully depressed the shoulder 40 will have been carried fromunder the pin 39 allowing the detent plate 34 to be drawn downwardly byits spring` 43a, so that the depending arm 33 of said plate will rockthe arm 31 by contacting with the roller 32, the arm 31 in turn rockingthe pawl 26 thereby releasing the operating handle 1. As the handle 1moves upwardly and rearwardly the part 6 moves downwardly and forwardly.The lower end of the part is provided with an elongated slot 44 whichstraddles a rod 45 mounted within a slide 46, which in turn is mountedupon two rods 47 that extend from the front to the rear of the machineand which are supported at their ends by lugs 48 extending up from thebase. As the slide 46 moves forwardly an anti-friction roller 49 carriedthereby engages the under incline side of a pivoted arm 50 and elevatessame. As the operating handle is returned home the slide 46 is carriedrearwardly, the roller 49 riding on the upper incline side of the arm50. The latter is provided with a laterally extending arm 51 which restsupon the upper side of a lever 52 to which the arm 50 is pivoted. Thelever 52 is pivoted upon a shaft 53 and is provided with a forwardlyextending arm 54 which lies under a frame 55. As the roller 49 rides onthe upper side of the arm 50 it depresses saine and by means of thelateral extension 51 of said arm the lever 52 is also depressed, therebyelevating the forward extension 54 which in turn rocks the frame 55 toelevate the detent plate 34, to release the depressed key, by means ofthe arm 33. The above described frame also releases the detent frames ofthe amount key banks. 1When the roller 49 passes off the upper side ofthe arm 50 the parts actuated through means of said roller are returnedto their normal position by a spring 56 coiled about the shaft 42, oneend being fastened to said shaft and the other end bearing on the upperportion of the frame 55. The latter is limited in its downward movementby an extension 57 contacting with the base plate of the machine, whilethe lever 52 is limited in its upward movement by a flange 58 formedthereon coming in contact with the roller 49.

rlihe step frames 12 and the type carriers 13 connected to the yokes 7are controlled by the clerks keys 43 and the amount keys 59. Restingupon the three outermost yokes 7, which are controlled by the amountkeys, are depending arms 60 of levers 61. 1t will be seen as these yokesdrop to a position determined by the keys depressed, they will befollowed by the levers 61. These levers 61 carry pawls 62 which, whenthe levers are returned to their normal position by the operatinghandle, will register upon the add ing wheels 63 the sum represented bythe keys depressed. Just before the yokes 7 start to descend the aliningpawls 25 are rocked out of engagement with the star wheels 24 allowingthe indicators to be brought to a position to indicate the amountrepresented by the operated keys. As the handle is drawn downwardly toreturn the yokes to their normal position the pawls 25 are rocked intoengagement with the star wheels to lock the indicators in their adjustedposition while the elongated slots 15 in links 16 allow the yokes to bereturned, all of which is fully shown and described in theaforementioned patent.

The shaft 2, to which is fastened the operating handle, has also securedto it a segmental rack 64 (Figs. 3 and 4) which meshes with a pinion 65loosely mounted upon a sleeve 66 which in turn rotates about a shaft 67.This pinion carries a pawl 68 spring pressed into engagement with araised portion 69 of the sleeve 66. As the segment is oscillated uponeach operation of the machine the pinion 65 is given a completerevolution in both directions; when moving in the direction of the arrowin Fig. 4 the pawl rides idly about the sleeve 66, but when moving inthe opposite direction the pawl 68 engages the nose 69 and rotates thesleeve 66.

A cam 70 is carried by the sleeve 66, and as said sleeve is rotated,forces the platen 71 against the type carriers 13 thereby making animpression upon the record strip 72 which is fed over said platen in anysuitable manner. Any of the well known inking devices may be employed toink the type.

Referring now to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the laterally projectingpins 38 of the clerks keys 43 are arranged to engage differentiallyinclined slots 73, slanting in opposite directions,i formed upon a plate74 loosely mounted upon the shaft 8. This plate is equipped with adownwardly extending arm provided at its end with a segmental rack 76which engages with a pinion 77 mounted upon the shaft 53. A spring 78normally holds the plate 74 and the arm 7 5 in the position shown.

The pinion 77 (Figs. 2 and 5) is secured to a sleeve 79 loosely mountedon the shaft 53. This sleeve 79 carries a series of spirally arrangedlugs 80 which contact wit-h spring drawn pawls 8l, pivoted to arms 82when said sleeve is rotated, and force same over the lateral projection51 of the arm 50.

The arms 82 are pivoted upon a shaft 83 and extend rearwardly, and areconnected to the drawer plungers 84 by slot and pin connections. Theplungers 84 are limited in their downward movement by pins 85 mountedthereon coming into contact with the base plate.

lVhen the plate 74 is in its normal position one of the lugs 8O on thesleeve 79 is in engagement with its respective pawl 8l, and holds thelatter in the path of movement of the extension 51 of the arm 50. Thisis required on account of the middle key of the clerks bank notaffecting the plate 74, as the slot 73 corresponding to said key is cutparallel to the movement of the key. vWhen any other key in the clerksbank is operated the sleeve will be rot-ated so as to bring the desiredlug 8() in contact with its pawl and force the upper end of said pawlrearwardly, so that upon the elevation of the extension 5l of the arm 50by the roller 49 of the slide 46 as hereinbefore described, the pawl inthe path o-f movement of said extension will also be raised which willraise its respective drawer plunger 84, by means of its arm 8l, out ofengagement with its drawer latch 86, one of which is secured to eachdrawer 87, allowing said drawer to be ejected by its spring 8S.

From the above description it will be seen that the clerks keys set thedrawer release mechanism and simultaneously release the operatingmechanism, during the movement of which the proper drawer is released.

lVhile the form of mechanism here shown and describ-ed is admirablyadapted to full the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat the invention is not confined to any form of embodiment of theinvention here disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in variousforms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

'What is claimed is as follows.

1. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys, of anelement differentially adjusted by said keys, an operating mechanismgiven a constant eX- cursio-n at each actuation of the machine, aplurality of cash receptacles and latching means therefor, andadjustable elements carried by said latching means and adapted to beconnected to the operating mechanism according to the position of thekey adjusted element.

2. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys, of anelement differentially adjusted by said keys, a plurality of cashreceptacles and separate means for latching each receptacle, anoperating mechanism, and connecting devices on said latching meansadapted to be brought over said operating mechanism by the movement ofsaid key adjusted element.

3. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and acorresponding number of cash receptacles, of an operating' mechanism andmeans normally locking same, latching means for said receptacles, meansoperated by said keys for connecting any one of said latching means tosaid operating mechanism, and means also operated by said keys forunlocking said operating mechanism.

4. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of special keysand a corresponding number of cash safes having movable parts, of anelement set differentially by said keys, latching means for said movablemembers, an operating mechanism, means controlled by said element forconnecting any desired latching means to the operating mechanism, andmeans operated by the actuation of a key for unlocking said operatingmechanism.

5. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and anelement positively operated differentially thereby, of a plurality ofcash safes having movable parts, latching means for said movable parts,an operating mechanism normally locked, devices on said latching meansfor connecting same to the operating mechanism and adapted to beoperated by Said key operated element, and key operated means forreleasing said operating mechanism.

6. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and adetermining element operated differentially thereby, of an operatingmechanism for the machine including a hand operated lever, meansnormally locking said lever, a plurality of cash safes having each amovable part, latching means for said movable parts, means controlled bysaid determining element for connecting any desired latching means tothe operating mechanism, and key operated means for unlocking saidlever.

7. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of special keysand a corresponding number of cash safes having movable parts, of meansfor latching said movable parts, an operating mechanism including a handlever and means for locking same controlled by said keys, an elementactuated differentially lby said keys, and means carried by eachlatching means for connecting same to the operating mechanism andadapted to be controlled by said differential element.

8. In a cash register, the combination With a plurality of keys and aplurality of cash safes having movable parts, of an operating mechanism,means for locking said mechanism and for latching each movable part, andmeans operated by each key for connecting one of said iatching means tothe operating mechanism and for unlocking said mechanism.

9. In a cash register, the combination With a plurality of special keysand a plurality of cash safes having movable parts, ofl an operatingmechanism and means for locking same, means for retaining said movableparts in concealing position and means controlled by said keys forreleasing said locking means and connecting said retaining means to theoperating mechanism.

10. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and acorresponding number of normally closed independently movable cashreceptacles, of a normally locked operating mechanism including areciprocating member, means controlled by any one of the keys forreleasing the operating mechanism, and means Controlled by thereciprocatory member of the operating mechanism for opening the cashreceptacle corresponding to the key operated.

11. In a cash register, the combination With a plurality of keys and acorresponding number of normally closed independently movable cashreceptacles, of a normally locked operating mechanism including areciprocatory member, means controlled by any one of the keys forreleasing the operating mechanism, and means actuated by thereciprocatory member of the operating mechanism for opening the cashreceptacle corresponding to the key operated.

12. In a cash register, the combination With differentially movableelements, of means for limiting the movements of the elements in onedirection, a normally locked oscillatory operating mechanism for movingsaid elements in the opposite direction, a plurality of normally closedcash receptacles, means for releasing the operating mechanism andpredetermining Which receptacle is to be opened, and means controlled bysaid operating mechanism for opening the predetermined receptacle.

13. In a cash register, the combination with differentially movableelements, of means for limiting the movements of the elements in onedirection, a normally locked oscillatory mechanism for moving saidelements in the opposite direction, a plurality of normally closed cashreceptacles, a series of keys for releasing the operating mechanism andpredetermining which receptacle is to be opened, and means controlled bysaid operating mechanism for opening the predetermined receptacle.

la. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and acorresponding number of normally closed independently movable cashreceptacles, of' an operating mechanism, latching devices for saidreceptacles, and a differentially adjusted member actuated by the keysfor rendering the latching devices operable by the operating mechanism,the said member preventing the simultaneous operation of a plurality ofkeys.

15. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and acorresponding number of normally closed independently movable cashreceptacles, latching` devices for said receptacles, an operatingmechanism, and a member differentially adjusted by the keys forconnecting the latching devices to the operating mechanism, the saidmember having inclined slots of different angles which prevent thesimultaneous operation of a plurality of keys.

16. In a cash register, the combination with a plurality of keys and acorresponding number of normally closed independently movable cashreceptacles, of a rotary member constructed to be differentiallyadjusted by the keys, spirally arranged lugs projecting from saidmember, latching dcvices for the cash receptacles, an operatingmechanism, and elements carried by the latching devices and constructedto bc connected to the operating mechanism by the spirally arranged lugsof the rotary member upon the rotation of the latter by the keys.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in the presence of tivoWitnesses.

IVILLIAM M. MCCARTHY.

I/Vitnesses Bor C. Grass, CARL I. BEUsr.

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